Malcolm Mitchell nearly watched another game from the sidelines Saturday.

Anyone who glanced at the week’s headlines would have expected both Mitchell and Justin Scott-Wesley, the junior wideouts who had yet to play a game this season, to play in the Vanderbilt game. Head coach Mark Richt wasn’t so sure of that in the day leading up to the game.

While Mitchell took the field on Saturday and made one catch for 11 yards, Scott-Wesley did not. Richt said on Wednesday both would, “definitely play,” barring any setbacks later in the week.

For the past three years, a popular slogan amongst the denizens of the Bulldog Nation has been “Run like a Gurley,” a tribute to the take-no-prisoners rushing style of junior tailback Todd Gurley.

Now might be a good time to print up some new t-shirts reading “Throw like a Gurley.”

Just a week after scorching Tennessee for 208 rushing yards, the 6-foot-1, 226-pound Gurley was seemingly everywhere on offense for No. 12 Georgia (4-1, 2-1 in the Southeastern Conference) during its 44-17 flogging of Vanderbilt (1-5, 0-4) Saturday.

If the Rebels are serious, than these are the games they have to find a way to win.

No. 11 Ole Miss (4-0, 1-0) hosts No. 3 Alabama (4-0, 1-0) on Saturday at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium in its biggest home game in more than a decade. Third-year Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze said his program’s focus must shift from not just simply competing against programs like the Tide, but winning.

KNOXVILLE, TENN. | Tennessee has reason to believe it’s on the verge of ending nearly a decade of frustration against Florida.

The Volunteers (2-2, 0-1 Southeastern Conference) are slight favorites Saturday as they attempt to end a nine-game losing streak in this annual series. This marks only the second time in the last 10 years Tennessee has been favored over the Gators. The Vols acknowledge their confidence level is higher than in previous meetings with Florida.

Georgia's famous bulldog in a red sweater might not be the most imposing mascot, nor is he the wackiest, but you would be hard pressed to find a more famous furry friend roaming the sidelines on a football Saturday.

Ahead of the 2014 college football season, The Associated Press asked its panel of Top 25 voters, who are known for ranking the nation's top teams each week, to weigh in on which school had the best mascot.

Georgia senior Kosta Vavlas rarely makes the highlight reel, unless he happens to be a supporting actor for somebody else’s breakout performance. He’s not flashy, he’s not loud and his stats aren’t remarkable. It might surprise some Bulldogs fans to know he’s even on the team.

But there is no question that he’s a well-regarded veteran that players and coaches look up to for his dogged pursuit of excellence in a part of college football that receives little attention until things go wrong.